United States Merchant Marine Academy - Midships Yearbook (Kings Point, NY)

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A GLIM First, a Celebra OF 1943. The Ring will Alw MI LESION Even THE C FEW MOM FOR EACH BELOW RIG Rattigan. Bairc photo. BELOW: Mic ing Dance ELEBRATES THE FIRST MILESTONE... CLAS LASS A I ATI ON RING. fora

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LEFT: Always hoping for a little luck, midshipmen toss coins into Amphitrite Pool. BELOW: A deck cadet doing something we are all familiar with: splicing a mooring line. “SEAWARD” Oh Sleepless Ocean, I long to be a part of thee; I MUST NOT TARRY EVEN ONE MORE DAY. Today I cast off not a memory; But with a vital part of me I pay. YOU ARE THE GOAL OF ALL THE BROOKS AND streams; SO I DO JOIN THE FRONTIERS OF A BRIGHTER DAY. My thirst for freedom was the maker of my DREAMS, My JOYS ARE BUI YESTERDAY. ON MY SORROWS OF NOW I DEPART-THE PAST IS TO THE FUTURE CAST; And sorrow makes my soul with anguish stir. Farewell, though 1 do ache with longing for THAT PAST; I JOIN THE SEA, THE MOTHER WHO CALLS ALL THINGS TO HER. AS AN ARROW FROM THE BOW OF LIFE I FLY, TO SEEK A GOAL WHICH 1 DO NOT YET SEE And will not understand until 1 die, But one that God, or Fate, has planned for ME. As SNOW CAPPED RIPPLES BLEND INTO THE SEA; SO I ENTER THE WORLD AND GIVE WHAT IS ME. Though just a mere drop to the ocean I give, She opens her arms and bids it to live. 5

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LEFT: Brenda Matheson, Jason Hochevar, and Pete Rackett under the ring with the 2nd and 3rd class presidents, who are responsible for organizing the festivities. ABOVE: Even with a cast on, Curtis Laskowski manages to live it up on the dance floor. LEFT: Beth Johnsen and Ryan Bishop looking good for the camera. BELOW: Future Admiral’s aide Paul Sanin watching the “baptism” of his ring by Professor Gardner. ' V